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Cover; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring Orchestrator; Introduction; Licensing; vRealize Orchestrator 7 changes; Orchestrator appliance basics; Orchestrator and vRealize Automation (vRA); Deploying the Orchestrator appliance; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Download; Deploy; Log in to the Orchestrator Client; Log into Control Center; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Important Orchestrator settings; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Starting, stopping, and restarting the Orchestrator service. |
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LicensingPackage Signing Certificate; Trusted SSL certificates; Force plugins reinstall; How it works ... ; See also; Configuring an external database; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Sizing; Database roles; Exporting and importing a database; Purging the Database; There's more ... ; Microsoft SQL; Oracle; Internal PostgreSQL; See also; Configuring external authentication; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; vSphere (PSC) and vRealize Automation (vRA); SSO (legacy); LDAP; How it works ... ; vRealize Automation and vSphere Authentication; Test login; Internal LDAP; There's more ... ; See also. |
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Connecting to vCenterGetting ready; How to do it ... ; Well, there is that ... ; How it works ... ; Access, rights, and logging; Technical user; vRA, Orchestrator, and vCenter; See also; Installing plugins; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; Plugin log level; Updating plugins; Disabling and uninstalling plugins; See also; Updating Orchestrator; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Using an ISO file; Using the VMware repository; Applying the update; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Moving from Windows to appliance; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Migration tool; External database; Package transfer. |
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How it works ... There's more ... ; Orchestrator Client and 4K display scaling; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Chapter 2: Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration; Introduction; Tuning the appliance; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Virtual Hardware; Changing the IP and hostname; Setting the time (NTP); Turning SSH access to Orchestrator on and off; Switching off unneeded services; Root account expires; How it works ... ; See also; Tuning Java; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; JVM metrics in Control Center; See also; Configuring the Kerberos authentication. |
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Getting readyHow to do it ... ; How it works ... ; See also; Configuring access to the local filesystem; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Fast and easy; Configuring access; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Configuring the Orchestrator service SSL certificate; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; Self-signed certificates; Using VMCA generated certificates; CA-signed certificate; How it works ... ; Default, self-signed, or CA-signed?; VMCA; PEM encoded files; There's more ... ; Getting the SSL store password; Backing up the default certificates; Creating certificates and requests. |
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Annotation Over 90 recipes to satisfy all your automation needs and leverage vRealize Orchestrator 7.1 for your projectsAbout This Book Unleash the power of VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7 and automate your VMware infrastructure Customize and tune your orchestrator by programming and working with plugins Work through enticing recipes that can be implemented in your organization Explore the new and upcoming plugins of Puppet, Docker, Chef, and VMware Replication for VMware vRealize OrchestratorWho This Book Is ForThis book is for system administrators who are into VMware administration and are looking to automate their infrastructure. Basic knowledge about programming is needed. No previous knowledge of Orchestrator is required. This book will also be good for you if you have just a basic knowledge with vRealize Orchestrator, as you can pick up any recipe and implement it for your enterprise. What You Will Learn Install, configure, and optimize Orchestrator installations (Windows, Appliance, and vRA integrated) Explore all the visual programming elements without needing additional infrastructure Work with plugins such as SSH, mail, SQL, PowerShell, AD, SOAP, SNMP, AMQP, and REST Discover how to create VMware automation Get to know about user management, import/export, and synchronization as well as the packaging application Understand policies, resources, and web views Troubleshoot vRO ApplianceIn DetailVMware vRealize Orchestrator is a powerful automation tool designed for system administrators and IT operations staff who are planning to streamline their tasks and are waiting to integrate the functions with third-party operations software. This book is an update to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook and is blend of numerous recipes on vRealize Orchestrator 7. This book starts with installing and configuring vRealize Orchestrator. We will demonstrate how to upgrade from previous versions to vRealize Orchestrator 7. You will be taught all about orchestrator plugins and how to use and develop various plugins that have been enhanced in Orchestrator 7. Throughout this book, you will explore the new features of Orchestrator 7, such as the introduction of the control center, along with its uses. You will also come to understand visual programming, how to integrate base plugins into workflows, and how to automate VMware. You will also get to know how to troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of your Orchestrator installation, and will be able to develop complex workflows and create your own highly integrated automations of vRealize environments. Style and approachThis practical guide provides exciting and practical recipes on VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7 for those who are waiting to automate their infrastructure. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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VMware -- Sphere.
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VMware. |
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VMware. |
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Virtual computer systems.
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Virtual computer systems. |
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Automation.
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Automation. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Langenhan, Daniel. VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, ©2016 |
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1786462869 (electronic book) |
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9781786462862 (electronic book) |
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9781786462787 |
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1786462788 |
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9781786462787 |
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